Hawaii: Wreckage of WWII Plane Found and Identified 69 Years After Its Crash
Hawaii – Wreckage of a WWII plane was discovered at Windward Oahu coast and was eventually identified by personnel from the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab…finally after…
World War I vehicles that shaped transportation forever
World War I was not only a battle for defining country borders or balancing power in Europe. Its impact was far ranging including technology developments…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: If you are fascinated by military history, 2015 will be a massive year.
I thought 2014 would be hard to beat. I was privileged to play a small role in many of the commemorations of that remarkable year.…
Secret Nazi nuclear plant discovered in northern Austria
A secret Nazi nuclear plant has been found in St Georgen an der Gusen, a small town west of Linz in northern Austria. The plant…
Letters to WWI Soldiers Project Offers Glimpse into the Brutalities of the Great War
A British centenary undertaking, Letter to an Unknown Soldier, which invites the public to write letters to the Great War’s “unknown soldier” is giving people a glimpse…
Christmas cake for WWI Australian troops
On the centenary of World War I, Australia remembers its 50,000 Australian troops who spent their first Christmas away from home fighting for the Allies.…
A Malaysian Navy Ship Catches Scrap Divers Taking Metal Parts From The Wrecks of Two WWII Battleships
In December 1941 the Royal Navy lost the battlecruiser HMS Repulse and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales off Malaya when they were attacked by…
Nazi commando’s post-war life story reveals he settled in Ireland
Otto Skorzeny was the Nazi’s top commando during World War II. Known as Scarface due to a large facial scar on his left cheek, he…
A secret Nazi bunker used for nuclear research has been discovered
A factory used by the Nazis during the war has hidden a secret entrance to an underground nuclear facility and secret Nazi bunker in northern…
Online game based on World War I’s Battle of Verdun features Christmas Day Truce
Verdun is an online video game where multiple players can take part in the fighting of World War I. The idea for the game was…
Top Ten Anniversaries for 2015 by the English Heritage
Here is the English Heritage’s top ten anniversaries set to be celebrated this year 2015 [events are arranged from the oldest]. Viking Invasion of England by…
So what happened to these Argentine Shermans? FORTY images may just tell us!!!
In the late 1940’s, Argentina bought nearly 450 M4 Sherman’s from Belgium in many british variants, over 250 of them were the Firefly version, with…